Names of God in Judaism

Jewish faith. The basis of his faith stem from belief that the Jewish people as God’s s chosen people were the sole heirs to the kingdom of God, (Deuteronomy 7:6). Their faith was based on God’s pre-selection of his people, their righteousness, that which defines the right relationship with God stem from an external display of their faith. You were made right with God through a serious of religious practices and by following the stipulations of the Mosaic…

together, supporting this authority. The first is history: Mount Sinai and the Torah highlight the corporate memory of Moses receiving the covenant as ancient Israel’s national birth. Second, the author referenced Exod. 24:12 to remind the reader God Himself delivered the law on tablets, then inverted cause and effect by postulating heavenly tablets as the source. The narrative logic reduces to an if-then statement: if the Torah, written on the tablets of the law, is authoritative, then the…

Similar to the prophetic signs ascribed to Judaism, Islamic end time prophecy includes minor and major signs. Neither the minor nor the major signs are to prelude one another, but shall occur simultaneously. Therefore, the minor signs are not thought to take place before the major ones, but are considered of less importance than the major signs. Many of the minor signs of the Islamic end times parallel to that of Judaism’s beliefs. Muhammad prophesied that in the last age people would follow a…

abilities to contact the spirit world where the shamanistic gods live. By communicating and placating the gods, the shaman can predict and change the future. For over 40,000 years, people have believed that there is another world where all the spirits live. It is this idea that Shamanism is based on. The roots of this religion in Korea date back to ancient, prehistoric times. In many cultures a shaman has been known by many different names including medicine man, psychopomp, mystic, poet, and…

beading the name Caiaphas, who according to the bible was the highest priest who judged and condemned Jesus to the crucified. Another ossuary was discovered bearing an inscription in Aramaic which read "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." With this discovery, proper research was done to prove its validity including an electron scan on a microscope which proved its validity. Dr. Andre Lemaitre, a well-respected expert, confirmed that the box was truly an ancient artefact. It is true the…

Other challenges facing the KRG until recently were inflicted by internal conflict along tribal, geographic, political, linguistic and ideological divisions that led to a weaker sense of nationalism compared to their surrounding enemies, the pendulum has started to swing in the favor of the KRG recently however. (Gunter, 2008) Within the last several years the Kurdish state has been recognized as one of the most stable well governed areas in the region despite all the conflict and corruption.…

Martyr (AD 100-165) refers to the gospels as the ‘memoirs’ of the apostles and quotes the gospels when he quotes the memoirs. they spake in mockery the words which are recorded in the memoirs of His apostles: ‘He said he was the Son of God: let him come down; let God save him.’ (dialogue with Trypho, Chapter CI quoting Matt 27:42) He even knows that some of them are not written by the apostles, and quotes Luke when referencing the memoirs in this way. in the memoirs which I say were drawn up…

Conquering most of the European continent and parts of Africa and Asia, the Roman Empire was the most colossal domain seen on the face of our Earth. This supremacy was one of those few that was never satisfied with what it had and was always hungry for more, thus leading the Romans to their fall in 509 B.C. Within their empire were the two countries of Italy and Greece, known for many successful advancements. Even though they were controlled by the same government, Greece and Rome (Italy) had…

A question that has been asked since the beginning of time, can a man be purely evil? Several famous figures have only made the question expand, due to their acts of terror upon mankind. Recent figures such as Adolf Hitler and Osama Bin Laden, along with a past historical individual, Elizabeth Bathory, lead us to believe there are people born with an evil filled soul. However, all of these ghastly personalities had to have families and loved ones that saw the true person inside of them. After…

The Wife of Bath is a sexually free, liberated, and strong woman that would make the holiest Christian nun squirm with disgust for her utter disdain for the word of God and Christian teaching. Chaucer introduces her as a character in order to attempt to bring to light the idea of a radical female and challenge the stereotype of the dominant, submissive woman of the time. She challenges the Catholic Church’s idea that…